A man who was frustrated at not being able to find work killed himself, Teesside Coroner's Court heard.

A man who was frustrated at not being able to find work killed himself, Teesside Coroner's Court heard.

Colin Wood, 53, of The Green, Egglescliffe, was found hanging at his home by his partner, Margaret Scott, on the morning of August 27 last year. Miss Scott told the court: "The last few weeks before his death he appeared to be upset about work, he didn't have a job."

Consultant pathologist Dr Christopher Rettman, of the University Hospital of North Tees, said Mr Wood had drank the equivalent of six pints of lager and had taken an Ecstasy tablet and a painkiller up to six hours before he died.

Teesside Coroner Michael Sheffield said: "Sometime in the evening or the beginning of the day he had decided to take action - it may well have been an impromptu one, but it ended his life."